At the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on Sunday, politicians, intellectuals and activists agreed that applying Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria is the only viable path to securing Jewish rights and safety in the Land of Israel.
The panelists said the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, signaled the dangers of allowing a Palestinian state to be established in Israel’s biblical heartland. Such a development, they warned, would expose Jewish communities to even greater threats.
Knesset Member Ohad Tal argued that by refraining from imposing sovereignty, Israel was inviting further violence. “Palestinians don’t engage in terrorism because they lack hope, but because they believe they can drive the Jews into the sea,” Tal said. “Applying sovereignty deprives them of that hope and is the only relevant solution.”
Longtime activist Nadia Matar, co-chair of the Sovereignty Movement, echoed the sentiment. “October 7 was a watershed moment,” she said. “The massacre and the support it received from Arabs in Gaza, Judea and Samaria proved we cannot live under illusions. Granting citizenship or residency to populations that glorify terror would be national suicide.”
The time to apply sovereignty over Judea and Samaria is NOW!